A kit to facilitate identifying at least one glove particularly suitable to be worn by a particular individual includes a backdrop having at least two visually-discernible calibration marks disposed thereon, a camera, a memory having stored therein characterizing parameters for a variety of different gloves, and a control circuit that operably couples to the latter. The control circuit presents to a kit user via a display an image of the particular individual's hand as placed on the backdrop, and then presents a plurality of user-placeable markers by which the kit user marks particular locations of the particular individual's hand. The control circuit then processes the image of the particular individual's hand as marked by the kit user and as a function of the two visually-discernible calibration marks to identify at least one glove that is particularly suitable to be worn by the particular individual.
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2. The kit of claim 1 wherein the backdrop comprises a disposable sheet.
3. The kit of claim 1 wherein the predetermined known distance is 15 cm.
4. The kit of claim 1 wherein the outline of the human hand includes a wrist, and wherein the at least two visually-discernable calibration marks are each disposed on opposing sides of the wrist.
5. The kit of claim 1 wherein control circuit, memory, and camera comprise integral parts of a shared platform.
7. The kit of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is further configured, while processing the image of the particular individual's hand as marked by the kit user and as a function of the predetermined known distance between the two visually-discernable calibration marks to identify at least one glove that is suitable to be worn by the particular individual, and via the display, to present an animated image of a hand-scanning process.
8. The kit of claim 1 wherein the particular locations of the particular individual's hand that the kit user is to mark with the user-placeable markers include tips of the digits of the particular individual's hand.
9. The kit of claim 8 wherein the particular locations of the particular individual's hand that the kit user is to mark with the user-placeable markers further include areas between the digits of the particular individual's hand.
10. The kit of claim 9 wherein the particular locations of the particular individual's hand that the kit user is to mark with the user-placeable markers further include the width of the palm as corresponds to the particular individual's hand.
12. The kit of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is further configured to identify at least two different existing, non-customized gloves that are suitable to be worn by the particular individual.
13. The kit of claim 12 wherein the control circuit is further configured to present, via the display, the at least two different existing, non-customized gloves that are suitable to be worn by the particular individual.
14. The kit of claim 13 wherein the control circuit is further configured to present the at least two different existing, non-customized gloves in a prioritized order such that a most suitable glove is presented first.
15. The kit of claim 13 wherein the control circuit is further configured to present a recommended glove size with each of the at least two different existing, non-customized gloves.
16. The kit of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is further configured to provide the kit user with an opportunity to specify the different existing, non-customized gloves that are available for the control circuit to consider when identifying the at least one existing, non-customized glove that is suitable to be worn by the particular individual.
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January 22, 2016
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